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Republic comments on most issues relating to the constitution, republicanism, monarchy and the royal family.

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Monarchy cannot be off limits to PM's constitutional reform debate: Republic
2nd Feb 2010
Republic has cautiously welcomed Gordon Brown's promise of a debate on Britain's outdated constitution, but has called for there to be no areas or institutions that are off-limits, saying that the monarchy must be included in any future debate.

Republic welcomes Lords report on powers of PM
29th Jan 2010
Republic has today welcomed a report from the Lords constitution committee calling for the prime minister to be more accountable.

Charles and Boris must come clean on royal letters
27th Jan 2010
Republic has backed calls for correspondence between Prince Charles and London Mayor Boris Johnson to be made public under Freedom of Information rules.

Human Rights call on royal succession welcome but should go much further: Republic
18th Jan 2010
Republic has welcomed a call from the parliamentary committee on human rights for the government to accept proposed amendments to the rules of royal succession - but said they clearly must go further.

Republic submits Charles evidence to Chilcot Iraq Inquiry
6th Jan 2010
Republic has formally submitted as evidence to the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry reports that Prince Charles lobbied against the invasion of Iraq, and has asked the Inquiry to call on Charles as a witness.

We should be celebrating the people, not the monarchy, in 2012: Republic
5th Jan 2010
Republic has today criticised government plans for state-funded celebrations of the monarchy set for 2012, the year of the Queen's 60th anniversary on the throne.

Republic backs campaign to reinstate DJ sacked over Queen broadcast remarks
4th Jan 2010
Republic has backed growing calls for the reinstatement of Tom Binns, a radio presenter for Birmingham radio station BRMB who was sacked for cutting off the Queen's Christmas message by saying: "two words, bor-ing".

Brown must allow release of royal letters: Republic
22nd Dec 2009
Following reports that Gordon Brown is prepared to veto a decision to release royal documents under the Freedom of Information Act Republic has called on the Prime Minister to back off.

Republic welcomes royal FOI victory, demands full disclosure of Civil List lobbying
21st Dec 2009
Republic has welcomed a decision by the Information Commissioner to support the disclosure of correspondence between the palace and government over royal finances. The campaign has also demanded full disclosure of royal lobbying for a hike in the Civil List.

Republic welcomes demand from MPs for disclosure of Charles lobbying
18th Dec 2009
Republic has welcomed calls from senior MPs for details of Prince Charles's lobbying to be disclosed.

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